Safeguard for express-cars



(No Model.)

J LAMBORG SAFE GUARD 03 EXPRESS CARS.

No. 597,821. Patented Jan 25, 1898.

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JonnLAMnone, or CASTALIA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SAFEGUARD FOR EXPRESS-CARS.

srnorrxon'rrou forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,821, dated January25, 1898.

Application filed June 26, 1897. Serial lilo. 642,515. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, JOHN LAMBORG, acitizen of the United States, residingat Gastalia,

in the county of Charles Mix and State of South Dakota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Safeguards for EX- press-Cars;and I do declare the following to.

be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improved safeguard or shield for express,baggage, and postal cars and the like; and the object is to provide adevice of this character by which the occupants of the car can protectthemselves while defending the contents against the attack oftrainmobbers, road-agents, or other dcsperadoes.

To this end the invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the outside of a railway-car providedwith my improved safety shield or guard. Fig. 2 is a similar view takenfrom the inside of the car. Fig; 3 is a transverse section.

1 represents a rectangular opening or orifioe thereon at any convenientpoint in the side of the car, and 2 represents a sheet-steel casingpivoted at its upper end by the hinge 3 to the inside of the car abovethe opening 1.

This casing comprises triangular parallel walls 4 and 5, the inner edgesof which are provided with angular flanges 6 6, which abut against theside of the car when the casing is extended. The bottom 7 of the casingwhich connects the triangular walls is also provided with an angularflange 8, which rests against the side of the ear to assist in holdingthe casing in place when in use.

An integral rib 9 on the outside of the sheetmetal casing abuts againstthe outside of the side of the car, and it serves to retain the casingin. line with the outer side of the car when said casing is housed.

10 represents a peep-slit whereby the'occupant of the car may observepersons on the outside Without exposing himself to danger, and 11 11represent orifices formed in the easing through which the firearm may beextended. 4

It will be observed that the casing when extended completely fills theorifice or opening in the car, so as to prevent the possibility of ashot entering the car between the joints. Although I havespecificallydescribed the construction and relative arrangement of theseveral elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to thesame, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fallwithin the scope of my invention without departing from the spiritthereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. In a railway-car, or other apartment, the combination with a wallthereof having an aperture therein, of a suitable receptacle closelyfitted into, and pivotally suspended from the top of, said aperture soas to vibrate therein, and open on its inner side, and means forlimitingthe vibratory movements of said receptacle, the exposable portions ofthe side walls of said receptacle being provided with a suitable loop,and sight-hole, substantially as described.

2. In arailway car, or other apartment, the combination with a wallthereof, having an aperture therein, of a suitable receptacle closelyfitted into, and pivotally suspended from the top of, said aperture, soas to vibrate therein, and consisting of an outer or pivoted Wall, andinwardly projecting and inclosing side Walls, and bottom wall or seat,said side walls being provided with suitable loop and sight holes,.andmeans for limiting the vibratory movement of said receptacle,substantially as described.

receptacle, said receptacle being actuated by gravity to normally assumeits inward position, substantially as set forth.

4. In a railway-car, or other apartment, the

combination with a wall thereof, having an aperture therein, of asuitable receptacle closely fitted into, and pivotally suspended fromthe top of said aperture, so as to vibrate inwardly and outwardlytherein, and consisting of an outer or pivoted wall, and inwardlyprojecting and inclosing side and bottom walls, said side Walls beingprovided with suitable loop and sight holes, and laterallyof the sideand bottom walls, and at the outer projecting flanges arranged at theinner edges 5 edge of the bottom wall, said receptacle being adapted tobe actuated by gravity to normally assume its inward position,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 20 signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN LAMBORG.

Witnesses:

FRED (3. ELFES, A. M RTENsoN.

